The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO
A spectroscopic study of the Stark effect in the predissociating v⁺ = 0 Rydberg states of nitric oxide, (n=13-16) is reported. The states are excited by two-colour excitation via the A²Σ⁺, v=0, N=0 state in the presence of a field in the range 0-1125 Vcm⁻¹, and the excitation is observed by using (2...
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| author | Clarson, B Procter, S Goodgame, A Softley, T |
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| description | A spectroscopic study of the Stark effect in the predissociating v⁺ = 0 Rydberg states of nitric oxide, (n=13-16) is reported. The states are excited by two-colour excitation via the A²Σ⁺, v=0, N=0 state in the presence of a field in the range 0-1125 Vcm⁻¹, and the excitation is observed by using (2+1) REMPI detection of nitrogen (²D) atoms formed by predissociation. The spectra recorded over a range of fields are compared with, and hsow excellent agreement with, multichannel quantum defect theory (MQDT) simulations of the absorption spectra applied in the bound state formalism of Sakimoto [J. Phys. B. 22, 2727 (1989)]. The spectroscopy demonstrates the possibility of producing N(²D) or O(³P) atoms with very narrow centre-of-mass frame speed distributions and arbitrarily selected speed. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:38223b03-ff01-4fe4-a254-e3fd951639b12022-03-26T13:48:08ZThe Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NOJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:38223b03-ff01-4fe4-a254-e3fd951639b1Chemistry & allied sciencesEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetTaylor and Francis2008Clarson, BProcter, SGoodgame, ASoftley, TA spectroscopic study of the Stark effect in the predissociating v⁺ = 0 Rydberg states of nitric oxide, (n=13-16) is reported. The states are excited by two-colour excitation via the A²Σ⁺, v=0, N=0 state in the presence of a field in the range 0-1125 Vcm⁻¹, and the excitation is observed by using (2+1) REMPI detection of nitrogen (²D) atoms formed by predissociation. The spectra recorded over a range of fields are compared with, and hsow excellent agreement with, multichannel quantum defect theory (MQDT) simulations of the absorption spectra applied in the bound state formalism of Sakimoto [J. Phys. B. 22, 2727 (1989)]. The spectroscopy demonstrates the possibility of producing N(²D) or O(³P) atoms with very narrow centre-of-mass frame speed distributions and arbitrarily selected speed. |
| spellingShingle | Chemistry & allied sciences Clarson, B Procter, S Goodgame, A Softley, T The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO |
| title | The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO |
| title_full | The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO |
| title_fullStr | The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO |
| title_short | The Stark effect in the predissociating Rydberg states of NO |
| title_sort | stark effect in the predissociating rydberg states of no |
| topic | Chemistry & allied sciences |
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